bear away the bell

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bear away the bell

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A bell was once a traditional prize in races.

verb bears away the bell · bearing away the bell · bore away the bell · borne away the bell

  1. idiomatic, obsolete To be superior in something. And as these western men do bear away the bell for might and sleight in wrestling , so the scholars here have always acquitted themselves with credit in palæstrâ literariâ

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